Re:Italy moves to reverse anti-nuclear stance
by tim333 on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @10:25AM
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Well, I did say not legally binding. But you can see how someone might interpret "Russia and the U.S. will give full guarantees of security" to mean "Russia and the U.S. will give full guarantees of security" if they weren't really paying attention?
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Re:Italy moves to reverse anti-nuclear stance
by flanked-evergl on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @10:44AM
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It was not even an agreement at all, nevermind binding. It was words said by the Russian president. Not a contract, not a memorandum, just words in a meeting. If Ukraine took one sentence said by the Russian president in a meeting as security guarantees from US (emphasis on the word guarantees) then they are the problem.
Security guarantees would at minimum require a treaty ratified by congress in US, something which I don't think is on the table any more at all.